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Houston Mayor Unveils $7 Billion Proposed Budget
Mayor John Whitmire indicated last week he intended to submit a balanced budget.
Students Arrested During Anti-Israel Protests Sue UT-Austin
The university disputes claims that the 2024 event was targeted because it was pro-Palestinian.
Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer
Sources say General Counsel Jimmy Skipton IV was directing bills be moved or killed to aid his wife’s lobby clients.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Chinese Companies Over Privacy Violations
Paxton issued formal warnings to Chinese companies he said are violating Texas’ privacy laws.
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Gov. Abbott Asks Legislature to Develop Proposals on ‘Firearm Safety’ and ‘Mental Health’
As Democrats call for a special session to clamp down on Texans’ gun rights in the wake of last week’s tragic shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, Gov. Greg Abbott has requested that leaders of the state Legislature create special committees charged with developing...
McKinney School Board Censures Conservative Trustee
A battle brewing for months within a North Texas school board between the education establishment and a conservative trustee came to a head in a special meeting held Tuesday morning. McKinney Independent School District board members voted 6-1 to censure trustee Chad...
Texas GOP to Set New Priorities for the 2023 Legislative Session
In preparation for the 2023 legislative session, state delegates at the Republican Party of Texas Convention from June 16-18 will select new party priorities. The Republican Party of Texas holds a statewide convention before each legislative session. Though the...
2 GOP Lawmakers Join Democrats in Calling for Special Session After Uvalde Massacre
Following the tragic Uvalde massacre last week, where 19 school children and two teachers were murdered in their classroom by a deeply disturbed 18-year-old man, some Republican state lawmakers are joining Democrat calls for a special session of the Texas Legislature....
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Reece: Northside ISD Parents Confront School Board Over ‘Antiracism’ Exercise
“There’s no need for raising your voice. You do have a microphone,” said Karen Freeman at a recent meeting of the Northside ISD board of trustees. Some observers understood her statement and tone as condescending and patronizing, totally dismissive of the pain of the...
McKinney School Board Continues ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Conservative Trustee
After months of wrangling over sexually explicit books in students’ libraries, a majority of McKinney Independent School District trustees are trying to oust the lone conservative board member who has sided with parents in the debate over explicit books. The fight is...
Biden Continues to Ignore Border Crisis
Earlier this week, tragedy struck the small South Texas town of Uvalde when a deeply disturbed 18-year-old man murdered 19 school children and 2 teachers in their classroom. As President Joe Biden prepares to visit the devastated town on Sunday, he will not take the...
Dickson: Outlawing Abortion at the Local Level in a Post-Roe Texas
On May 2nd, 2022 a draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion was leaked to POLITICO, revealing that the Supreme Court of the United States appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. While the Supreme Court’s official opinion in Dobbs v....
Hall: Time to Reform the Texas Medical Board
While COVID exposed some serious government agency shortcomings, among the most egregious is that of the Texas Medical Board (TMB). The need for significant TMB reform is not new, and it is time to stop kicking this can down the road. It is well past time for the...